Three SNRAS faculty promoted

Three SNRAS faculty members were recently promoted.

Gary Kofinas is now a professor, Matt Cronin is a research professor and Greg Finstad is a research associate professor.

Dr. Kofinas is a professor of resource policy and management. His research interests are resilience and sustainability of northern rural communities; community-based resource stewardship, indigenous-agency co-management institutions; local knowledge in ecological monitoring and integrated assessment; social networks and subsistence; the science and practice of transdisciplinary research.

Dr. Cronin is a research professor of animal genetics. His research focuses on population genetics and phylogenetics of mammals using molecular genetics methods; systematics and taxonomy of ungulates, carnivores, and marine mammals; domestic livestock genetics to assess fitness and performance traits within and among breeds, lines, and herds of cattle; comparative approaches to assessing genetic variation in domestic cervids (reindeer) and recently-domesticated species (elk, bison); application and interpretation of science for applications (e.g., agriculture and wildlife management).

Dr. Finstad is a research associate professor of range ecology. He studies range management and nutrition, forage selection, ration development, reindeer production and pasture evaluation. He is also manager of the Reindeer Research Program.